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6/11/2011

Crook'd Finger vs. Harlan vs. D.Rhythm:O (2011)


Vuzh Music

8.5/9.6


/Dystopic techno, Neoclassical, Dub, Avant-techno, Industrial techno, Remixes, Experimental techno/

Comment
: C. Reider is a unsung hero of darkly brooding electronic music who has been involved in music for about two decades, being very profilic as solo artist (under his own name; Luster; Crook`d Finger), having loads of collaborations and split albums, and having participated in such collective as Drone Forest. He has worked as musical reviewer and headed up a label titled as Vuzh Music. However, the initial release of this remastered version was issued 11 years ago. Someone called as Finger (ha-ha) has re-worked the versions of such artists as Harlan and D. Rhythm:O, respectively. The first side of the album (or the first side of the cassette release initially) is a bit more joyous industrial-based appearance mixing it up with latin breaks and heavily stomping cadences and riffs. The flip side of it, however, it will be revolving around the axis of ominously sounding industrial techno, profound dystopic reverberations and murky dub progressions. For instance, if you are deeply get involved in music of Justin Broadrick`s projects or the similar kind, this album must be heard at least as well.